aldabonazo
Spanish, noun/aldaboˈnaθo/
aldabonazo is spelled A-L-D-A-B-O-N-A-Z-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 172,602nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aldabonazo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “door knock; a hit with a doorknocker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Golpe fuerte que se da con la aldaba en la puerta”.
What does aldabonazo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedoor knock; a hit with a doorknocker
- 2
masculinecall to attention, wake-up call
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Golpe fuerte que se da con la aldaba en la puerta. 2. La acción y efecto de llamar la atención con apremio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aldabonazo
- aldabonazos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aldabonazo?
- /aldaboˈnaθo/
- [al̪.d̪a.β̞oˈna.θo]
- /aldaboˈnaso/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aldabonazo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aldabonazo in Spanish?
aldabonazo appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).